Chris Kerrigan is the best candidate for Eureka/Myrtletown for the Board of Supervisors. He has experience governing and being responsive to the needs of metropolitan Eureka. As a lifelong citizen of Humboldt County, he has lived our culture. He values the critical importance of local business growth. Our community deserves to have a board that doesn’t represent only special interest money, which has turned it into a rubber stamp for unfettered development.

The board has appointed a Planning Commission rife with developers and their proponents; leading to further delays and changes to the General Plan that only profit a small number of the people in the county. The 4h District is now represented on the Planning Commission by a developer who has owned one of the most blighted properties in Eureka for a decade. Suddenly, after she had appointed him to the Planning Commission, our supervisor became concerned about that blight.

The supervisors have overseen the release of dangerous criminals onto the streets of Eureka and disregarded the needs of our city in favor of developers who would make money from the unincorporated parts of our county. Where is the voice on the board for Eureka? Nowhere.

Chris Kerrigan is that voice. He’s looking toward a Humboldt that balances the needs for the expansion of housing with preservation of ranching/farming lands and open spaces. He will represent the diverse people of the 4th District with an open mind and open door.